It's sad that Judy had to lie on national television. People weren't ready in those days to accept a celebrity confessing to an addiction. And most Americans were very intolerant of her. She got a lot of bad press & bad fan mail. But what most people don't know is that 1) she went into a treatment program in Boston in 1968 for one of her addictions & 2) she worked with a doctor to get her sleeping pill dosage down to two per night. She was almost clean when she died.
The Frick up!!!!! get off the show.. get her off the show..I think it's funny there are many fb pages that have people wanting to boycott the show and get her off the show... there's a lot of signatures... funny... I hope it works..
..shows that have good things to say to help people.. The View since Lisa Ling and Meredith Viera left is a piece of crap.. Barbra is 81 years old and has had so much plastic surgery it's ridiculous.. I hate hasselbeck though.. stupid no good for nothing whining assed voice.. I hate her and will never watch the show ever again because of her..I think Whoopie and Joy just deal with that loser because they have to for now... pretty soon she won't have a job..that ass!!! she needs to learn to shut
When she was about 22 years old and you'll see Barbra was holding Judy's hand because she was literally frightened to perform and sing in front of a crowd.. so it's pretty sad. Walters is only and has only been worried about her lousy ratings for years.. the view stinks and especially since she added Hasselbeck..the stupid, moronic, irritating voice of the century on the show.. if Whoopie and Joy were not on the show it would tank tomorrow.. it sucks so bad now... Dr. OZ has taken over the air
She died because yes, she was drinking very heavily and she was taking pills as well, yet all these Dr. Feelgoods were providing drugs for any and all stars that have the money.they don't care as long as they get paid.. She was heavily hooked on these things because she grew up that way because the lousy studios pretty much made them this way.. and we lost a great deal of people because of this behavior.. unfortunately it was too late for her.. Streisand was talking about how she did her show
Barbara really sucks now.. look at the garbage she's actually interviewing now.. I feel so bad for Judy because I read her story and she was going through such a tough time and unfortunately passed away in her early 40's I believe...She was given drugs, she and Mickey Rooney, huge stars back in the 30's and 40's ..they were given speed and tranqs because they wanted them to be UP to perform their singing and down to sleep at night .. a vicious circle.. Judies mother was no help either..
It's tough work being in the public eye for most. You end up hearing and reading rubbish about yourself, which leads to defending yourself, and that leads to misery and depression, followed by sleepness nights and irritation, which takes you into drink and drugs. And voila, that's fame folks!
In her mind, She was not an addict. She was taking "medicine" prescribed by doctors. Howver, She knew she was an alcoholic unfortunately during that era...something as simple as alcoholism could ruin your career. Therefore she could never admit. Such a shame. Poor woman.
And one more side note: I fucking hate Barbara Walters. Judy was a truly, classic and proper lady. At 1:00, you can see in Judy's face "I don't want to talk about my issues on camera" but Babs just pushes her. That always annoyed me so much.
It's important to put her "addictions" into context. Most entertainers of her day would be considered by our standards alcoholics. Her and husband Sid Luft went to an AA meeting one day, after a while Judy said "I've had enough of this, let's go get out and get a drink!" As for the drugs, until death I don't think she considered herself an addict. But she knew she was desperately dependent on them. Looking back though, she WAS addicted, by no fault of her own, it was that damn MGM studio/LBMayer
She referred to when she was young, she didn't think she was addicted or sick then. Also, I read in Mickey Dean's biography that she wasn't into drinking much. Anyway, it doesn't matter because she was just the most wonderful woman that ever lived. Such a great loss.
@windstorm1000 when you interview judy garland , after all shes been through you dont miss a chance like this, and she was doing her job, she was one of the best .
@windstorm1000 Her kids knew ALL about her drug addiction. They had first-hand knowledge of it. They were severely affected by it. Walter's question didn't faze them.
Wow, my heart breaks for her and the lot of actresses and actors who have been objectified by the film industry and people who don't truly know what acting, entertainment, or living out your dream really means. Judy was obvious an passionate, pure, and wonderfully heartfelt artist. We ought to stop condemning, judging, objectifying, oppressing, or it will continue to kill not only people's dreams and reputation, but also their identity, character, personalty, soul, and ultimately body.
This interview was March, 1967 - two years before Judy Garland's death in 1969 from a drug overdose. Wow. So sad. She is 43 in this interview!! But looks like 60. Addiction is so tragic. She looks high to me. You can watch the whole interview on Hulu (better res!).
@emoviebuff87 What's fake about it? She's a broad from Brooklyn that polished up that Flatbush accent. Her father was a wealthy landlord of Hell's Kitchen.
@helenajesstarzak No, Judy was not addicted to alcohol. This is a myth that (bizarrely) has continued even today. I disagree that "we all know" about Judy's life. We don't know everything about it - nor should we. Judy was a human being with feelings; not a commodity. I keep reading these patronizing and disrespectful (to Judy's memory) comments on youtube. Appreciate (be grateful) for the artistic legacy she left us. Quite wasted on youtube for some people with, evidently, their own hangups.
@hirchik I for one could care less about Judy's addictions. I love her and am moved by her to tears... she's very special to me. BUT, even her children say she was addicted to alcohol... so it's not some myth. A person who drinks constantly during the day does technically have a drinking problem. This isn't coming from a judging POV... just a known fact that's better to accept than deny... denying her addictions now as if to "defend" her is kinda silly. you just gotta accept her for who she was.
@MT4Ever I reiterate that it is total nonsense to say Judy was an alcoholic. How do you know she drank "constantly through the day.."? It's just too ridiculous to say that I am "denying her addictions". You're totally missing the subtlety of my point: People like you dwell on the myths surrounding Judy's 'struggles' during her lifetime. Nothing can change that now. Be grateful for the privilege of enjoying the amazing artistic legacy she left for others. Judy's an inspiration, not a victim.
She fought for her money & wasn't gonna be backstabbed, and fought for her children, she could of easily been embarrased and not talked about it in interviews, but she clearly was robbed & was brave enough to talk about it, and that is sad how she had to do it, and still was never granted what she deserved for being so talanted until she passed away :( may she not suffer anymore and rest in peace!!
I think what she meant to say with "addiction" was that she wasn't one of those "druggies" that cannot have a life, or a job anymore, because all they do is consume drugs. She wasn't one of those people whose lifestyles were completely ruined, yes she DID have a problem, she DID need those pills... but she DID still manage to work like a professiona and sing like no one else will ever sing again. She was addicted, but not to the point where she was useless.
She would like to tell us she has no issues with addiction while being all tweaked out (hello speed!) and slurring her speech (hello what? alcohol?). Good luck on my being gullible!
But at the same time, she never chose the druggy lifestyle for herself: it was brought on her by greedy greedy people in her entourage in her young and innoncent years, starting with her mother. She was a train wreck à la Britney (crotch shots era) or Lindsay. Plus some real talent to boot!
Judy was absolutely a drug addict. She was a very troubled woman, but also adored her children and audience. I dont believe she meant to end her life.
As you can see by my screen name I am an avid fan. But if you notice the way her children are looking at her you can tell they don't like what their mother is saying, they look uncomfotrable, especially Lorna. They see it, well saw it every day and night, it's wrong to dig up the past here but Judy was a drug addict for sure, and it was quite sad, even though she did have her good times, there's no denying she needed help. People tried with her but the addict is the ONE who has to change =)
@geewhiz76 I guess it takes one to know one. Thank God, Judy isnt around to see what people like you write about her. Whatever problems she had, she didn't burden her fans with them. This Legend was first and for most was a real life person with More talent than Hollywood or the Theater has, today. I am sure that decades after you are gone no one will even care who you are. AND even if you are remembered, I am sure it will be as a person who found humor in slinging mud at a dead person.
@geewhiz76 that's not being an enabler, nor did he say anything to applaud it. However he was right in what he said...decades from now no one will know or care who you were, not even enough to slander your youtube videos. Your comment was ignorant. She had drug issues, which wasn't her fault.even with drug issues she does not deserve to have people like you talking trash about her. your comment made you look bad, she might have been the one with the drug issues but you have personality issues.
@yutubecmnt erm, actually yes it is and so are you; 'she had drug issues, which wasn't her fault' well then whose fault is it? SHE was a drug addict. She chose to abuse them. AND she was a drug addict with children, in the home, while she took drugs. Now look at her daughter and the effects its had on her.
So cmon, WHOSE fault is it? it's idiots like you that enable people who have made poor choices in life. I feel sorry for your parents.
@geewhiz76 It was NOT her fault she became a drug addict, realizing that does not make me an enabler...she was given them at a young age to do performances and got addicted...she took them because thats what she was told to do and had to do to keep her job. Just as her daughters themselves have said it wasn't anyones fault. no one knew the consequences of the drugs back then. No one is perfect and her children turned out just fine. Dubbing her a bad person because of that is WRONG.
@geewhiz76 I think you're rude, where do you get off calling me an idiot for having an opinion? I think if anyone is an idiot here it would be you for saying you feel bad for my parents, because that makes no sense. I pity people like you who talk smack about those who have passed, especially someone of her stature. She contributed her life to entertaining us, and even had the drug downfall as a result of it, and you can't even appreciate it. Really, it's your loss. She was a wonderful woman.
.cont... every moment of her life was a performance and when the curtain finally closed finally EVERYONE saw her for what she was a fragile individual who's only joy was to make everyone happy with the sound of her voice...she loved entertaining that was her god given gift the VOICE of JUDY GARLAND....(and this is why I love her so much)
she knew she had an addiction but anyone would want to show the best side of themselves eventhough everyone knew differently...she struggled, she raised those kids by singing her heart out and trusting unreliable men, she did what she only knew how to do was perform..
Most likely Judy was protecting her image but she was vulnerable about who she was & wanted to put out a good image when the media had only printed and shown her in a bad light...
Barbara always asked ridiculous questions. Why would she ask or prod Judy into defending herself about her Medical addictions in front of her children? Especially on National TV. Also if she wanted to ask then why have the kids present? There are also many lies that were spread about Judy and that not everything written or spoken about Judy in a negative light then and now are always true. PPL still are trying to make $ on this woman who only sang to make us happy & entertained.
Judy never took "drugs" because her Dr had prescribed the pills as "medication". She knew she was addicted to the "medication". "DRUGS".to her was Cocaine, Heroin etc. Nobody back then, especially on national TV, was going to admit they were addicted to anything. It was quite taboo at that time for such honesty.Judy's girls should be thanking her for their careers. Judy's name helped them to become a famous. Lorna always moans about being in Judy's shadow likes making $ off her that name.
Barbara was more into digging in Judy's troubles than interviewing a great legend and getting her to have a sincere interview that actually is helpful instead of drudging up the past the way and continuing the cycle of bringing all the rubbish back to the surface. Shame on Barbara Walters. she is truly a bad interviewer. I seen others that she did with ppl like Bette Davis asking questions that really dont need to be asked.
So true - a living legend with so much to give, and Barbara is muck raking in front of her children. Barbara is responsible for the destruction of American journalism -- she was the mother of tabloid journalism and bring herself into the story -- a cardinal sin in respectable journalism. She was twisting Judy into knots for her own despicable ends -- to bring attention to "her" interview and make herself the headline. What a shame. We could have learned so much about Judy here.
@torchsongsinger If you do a Google Judy Garland & Barbara Walters interview u can watch it all. I never liked Barbara walters. She is too much into shocking her subject, than revealing the truth. Her interview w/Judy wasn't supposed to be an inquistion but Barbara turned it that way. Barbara even made up a lie by saying, "I read that you weren't singing Over the Rainbow anymore? Is that True" Judy'was shocked & said "Of Course not! That's the best song ever written!"
@NFitalianGuy , I totally agree with you. Barbara Walters in my opinion has been quite mediocre during her entire career, extremely overpaid, boring and on top of all that she doesn't retire, she keeps on and on. Judy was one of the greatest entertainers ever, if not the greatest of them all.
As much as I love Judy Garland, I think her outright lying about her addiction to booze and drugs in front of her kids on national tv was a disgraceful example for her children because they knew she was lying and she was victimizing them all over again. Better to have said nothing at all about it.
I mean, who fucking cares about a COMPLET ARTIST's drug and booze addiction? Nowadays then? Please... There's a lot of stupid FALSE and EASY icons in the showbiz whose, today, get stoned because of any kind of dope... At least, Judy Garland, Liz Taylor, Monty Clift and Monroe, they DEEPLY were REAL ARTISTS in the very meaning of the term. "Little help" needed in order to get them high? Well, they DID WORK as anyone could imagine to do along this shitty times. RESPECT THEM: RESPECT THE TALENT!
@AbeNW11 Yes, this was in New York when she still had the kids. I can't believe she said she wasn't violent because she was toward Joe. And Lorna saw her addiction up close. They both left her soon after this.
To be fair, Judy at the end of her life was working with a doctor in New York to try to wean herself off of the sleeping pills she took every night. She got herself down to two per night, but never quit them completely. And she still drank wine, even after her doctors told her in 1959 to quit all alcohol. She was trying to put up a good front for her kids here.
Judy Garland was a legend, there will never be anyone like her again...and thats crap about her daughters, all of her children loved her so much, but because they were all in show business as usual people try to make a happy family a bad one!
Wow, a true addict, so much denial. Her kids do looked shocked like as if they just want to jump right in and tell the truth. I know its not easy to say no, but it does take willpower to say no. Nobody really HAS to be an addict. I was raised by two alcoholic parents who could have said no to drinking. So you wonder why some can give it up and some dont, its all in willpower and resisting the urge. We all have urges but the giving in to them leads to our downfall.
@sugarshula64 Damn in so many ways my mom looked like Judy, in the way she talked and how full of life she was when people were around but how desperately ill she was mentally when nobody was around. Its amazing how fast Judy went downhill, just like my mom. Within a 5 year span went from healthy looking to just plain sickly, and looking 20 years older than her true age.
@djbethell What Lorna knows est is to lie. In her book there never was a "Lottie" who took care of Judy's kids. In no other bio is there any mention of Lottie. Their was a dottie but she was her make up artist at MGM and the woman behind Judy's more sophisticated look in Meet me in St Louis when she redone her make up & her eye brows. Judy didnt think of the medications she was taking were under the umbrella of drugs. since her Drs prescribed them. She consider the illicit drugs to be drugs.
@djbethell Lorna, esp., watches her like a hawk as she twists her ring nervously, and Joey's just staring at her as if he hopes she can hold it together during the interview (both of them fled to live w/ their father, permanently, several years before Judy died). Chronic drug abuse changes the chemical components in the brain, so Judy believes every word she's saying here. I think that she would have been devastated if she had ever known the truth. MGM Messed Her Up, however "innocently"..
@robertsafner Thanks. I've leaned that since and was amazed to think it wasn't Liza as it so possibly could be; the looks, the movements, but also as I never knew Judy had a boy anf that he, Joey, even existed. Did he ever write about his experiences? I'd love to know.
@djbethell you took the words right out my mouth, i dont even have to leave a comment, you put it all right there, Them facial expressions tell it all.lol
@djbethell Lorna and JOEY are with Judy here, not Liza. BTW what right have you got to say that she is lying here, anyway? Judy suffered enough in her life, and she does not deserve to have further imbecile comments made about her by armchair critics on youtube or anywhere else. She deserves, at least, respect IMO.
@hirchik I guess you need to read the comments in order. Can you do that?
As for "imbecile comments" how is the truth imbecilic? And as for "armchair critics", well, I guess you were looking right into the mirror when you wrote that! And that is MO.
@sglynch Judy indeed was extremely intelligent - she wasn't given a proper formal education - but she possessed common sense and emotional intelligence in abundance. She was also way ahead of her time: Such people are hardly ever tolerated for their foresight and individuality.
@taosimplicity That voice of hers is the sound of an alcoholic. Sounded just like my mom. They get a really raspy voice, almost like they have a sore throat all the time.
@yt9451 It might be the sound of an alcoholic, but also the sound of a smoker. But also, in 1964, Judy had a tracheotomy in Hong Kong after an overdose, which left her voice about an octave lower than normal.
NF Italian Guy I am so on your side. Judy Garland was exploited by MGM and she was seen as the revenue generator. If hadnt been for those drugs and the renewal of her contract with MGM, she would have had a longer life expectancy...
People should criticize the movie industry rather than the individual
@Masshiroi Uhmm! Sorry to state this but Judy is not so much old these days as dead.
She died 22 June 1969.
It surely is testement to her wonderful talents that 40 years after her demise she is still spoken about and her music and films are still selling to multi-millions of fans worldwide.
@gustavia001 Absolutely spot on - Judy seems to invoke in people strong reactions even today. She is condemned, blamed, ridiculed, accused, you name it. I think there must be some unconscious elements at play in those who cannot tolerate their own personal struggles, finding it easier to pick apart those who cannot defend themselves.
@hirchik She never did anyone harm? I come from 2 alcoholic parenents who could have said no to alcoholc if they had only took their eyes off themelves and put their eyes on their children. Sure its not easy, I realize that. But the fact is that we all have choices and that its ok to blame others for your shortcomings when you are a kid but once you become an adult you HAVE to start taking responsibility for your own actions. Judy ruined her family, nobody else. Sorry for being insensitive.
I think that Judy really believed she was not addicted yet she was clearly a drug addict (everyone who knew her and her autopsy proved it). Unfortunatly, she was the last to see it!
@macrent2 Judy was addicted to prescription medication OF COURSE she knew it; but before she could do anything about it she knew all too well that it was too late. She knew also that she was a meal ticket, someone whose earnings had been fraudulently embezzled by her managers. She had been cruelly exploited. She had to continue working to pay off debts she was not responsible for. Give this woman her dignity in death; she never did anyone any harm.
You are looking at the greatest entertainer of the 20th century. Imagine how she would have looked if she took good care of herself. The thing that hurts me the most is look into Joey's eyes. That boy really loved his mommy, Judy Garland
This is when she was at her worst. Lorna said in her book, that her mother kept her and her brother Joe up all night and she eventually wound up running off the children. She threw a KNIFE at Joe and Lorna had a nervous breakdown.
@Sheri451 True, the knife-throwing incident was a real eye-opener in Lorna's book, and nobody every would have known about it had Lorna not spilled the beans. Oddly, if anyone else spoke or wrote of Judy's addiction and/or outrageous behavior, Lorna would denounce them. Well, as Barbara Walters would say... twagic!
I still love Judy even though she had problems and didn't make all the right decisions she was a great entertainer....No one is perfect and every body makes bad decisions. No one knows her, and when I say knows her I don't mean nows about her or reads books or what the t.v. say. I mean knows her so people who have mean things to say unless you were a close friend of hers and hung out with her every day just shut up......
I hope that when you have a big problem in your life instead of people thinking with compassion to help you they will just look at you and say your a nut bag. You are just rude why even say anything if you don't have anything nice to say. It was hard for her when everyone expected so much out of her.
You have no patience for self ind...etc Who asked you to have patience? Who even asked you to care? Just because you are a recovering ADDICT, that does not make you an authority on addictive personality disorder. Ask yourself how many excuses you have used in your lifetime. Don't tell me, I am not interested. smh
Is she supposed to go on live TV especially with her two kids there and decalre "Yes I AM AN ADDICT!" For Chr*st sake, Give this woman a break and she says it in this interview The only infraction she is guilty of is singing Over the rainbow and should be given nothing but a traffic ticket. No one here is perfect and this perpetual witch hunt to drag this woman who has been dead over 40 yrs, body through the mud. Let her body of work speak for itself. Who are we to Judge her or anyone?
MGM didn't drug anybody. People like Judy liked and took the pills of teir own volition. There's so much crap involved regarding the "Poor Judy" legend. The fact of the matter is that she was a troubled woman, and a self-indulgent diva who threw away a once-in-a-generation talent.
@edwardjames50 Judy got to MGM when she was a little girl. She was not responsible for herself at that point. Her parents and MGM were and they got her hooked on drugs. Other MGM teens and kids got put on uppers and downers, but Judy unfortunately had an addictive personality so she got hooked.
Medically and psychologically, there is no such thing as an "addictive personality." That phrase has entered into urban legend. It's used by people as an excuse, but as a reason it has no validity.
@edwardjames50 some people do have a tendency toward addictive behaviors (eating disorders, OCD, etc). That's just the way it is. And some people can do drugs and not become physically or psychologically addicted to them, while others get high once and they chase that high forever. You'd know this if you've ever been around an addict or been within a group of people who did drugs.
I do know about it because I've been in recovery for eighteen years, and I know what I'm talking about. Again, there is NO such thing as an addictive personality. That's a made-up phrase that's used as an excuse.
Judy had an amazing talent and if for some reason she hadn't been chosen for the role of Dorothy, that would never have been my favorite movie. She will forever be one of my role models. She is stunningly beautiful and has an amazing voice. Why do you think she is still so famous and wel known today? I say she will forever be one of the most talented and beautiful woman around. Rip Judy Garland. You are beautiful.
Indeed - Lorna has a look of incredulity. Judy has the demeanor of being drug and alcohol soaked ... and yes it's a tragedy to see anyone's life disintegrate in this manner.
@BooJeanIsIt Yes, but because of her fame she died. She was so famous that, even though MGM promised months of break time for her, they took her back within weeks and drugged her as they always had.
She was addicted by MGM when she was just a child, and lived in a time where there was no real rehab program to clean up these addictions. It's not like this is a star of today.
She wasn't "addicted" by M-G-M; she was a victim of herself. As a Metro coworker once said, "The pills were available to EVERYBODY, but Judy LIKED them." I have no patience for self-indulgent people who waste a God-given talnet as she did. And, btw, there WERE rehab centers then, and she went more than once. Obviously you don't know much about Judy and her self-induced problems.
@edwardjames50 --she obviously didn;t hate pills, probably felt that she needed them, and they must have helped her get through alot. But at some point you get addicted and it perhaps would have taken a stronger person to defeat the addiction, than she was. Both sides are sorta right.
i'm so tired of people, to this day, calling Judy an addict. she wasn't a druggie. she may have been on meds but they were prescribed. now who was feeding her this junk are to blame and it started with her mother & Louie B Mayer. what everyone should be asking is where were all the scumbags that profited off of her when she needed them. no where to be found. thank god begelman blew his brains out. it was his karma just like all the other scum and to their children i say.
She wrenched out so much emotion in her performances. There is a reason why they described a judy Garland Performance as "an experience". Give this Wonderful woman some credit. She was used and abused my almost everyone in her life including her two daughters. Liza toward the end would never take her mother's phone calls and Peter Allen would screen Liza's calls. She was battling for her life since 30 months of age. I am so tired of people Blaming this Woman when all she wanted 2 be was LOVED
@NFitalianGuy Yeah, but I suspect she also confused real love with the love of a crowd. She was too young to have discovered the difference: she was pushed into MGM when she was only 12. She never learned to disassociate herself from her talent.
@shadowkitty56 Yes I agree but she loved the adoration and she said it was lonely at the top in an interview and surrounded by people who are only out for themselves and didnt really care about her. I mean her own mother used her as a meal ticket & the only person who really showed love to her was her father and her mother and MGM kept her from going to her father's bedside before her father died because she had to honor her committment to the studio for a radio spot. She resented them for that
@kirbygene Yes, she was used by many, who only seen her as a meal ticket. Judy had every right to be mad & bitter. 45 out of her 47 years on this planet, she was pushed to work in an industry where beauty reigned supreme. Her Mother started the insecurities & once Judy's father died, Ethel handed Judy to MGM on a silver platter;There they worked her over.Judy was MGM's biggest star & became a Living Legend & ppl still used her. She knew she was a great talent but she envied stars like LanaTurner
It's sad that Judy had to lie on national television. People weren't ready in those days to accept a celebrity confessing to an addiction. And most Americans were very intolerant of her. She got a lot of bad press & bad fan mail. But what most people don't know is that 1) she went into a treatment program in Boston in 1968 for one of her addictions & 2) she worked with a doctor to get her sleeping pill dosage down to two per night. She was almost clean when she died.
xander7ful 2 weeks ago
The Frick up!!!!! get off the show.. get her off the show..I think it's funny there are many fb pages that have people wanting to boycott the show and get her off the show... there's a lot of signatures... funny... I hope it works..
christinaddesign1 2 weeks ago
..shows that have good things to say to help people.. The View since Lisa Ling and Meredith Viera left is a piece of crap.. Barbra is 81 years old and has had so much plastic surgery it's ridiculous.. I hate hasselbeck though.. stupid no good for nothing whining assed voice.. I hate her and will never watch the show ever again because of her..I think Whoopie and Joy just deal with that loser because they have to for now... pretty soon she won't have a job..that ass!!! she needs to learn to shut
christinaddesign1 2 weeks ago
When she was about 22 years old and you'll see Barbra was holding Judy's hand because she was literally frightened to perform and sing in front of a crowd.. so it's pretty sad. Walters is only and has only been worried about her lousy ratings for years.. the view stinks and especially since she added Hasselbeck..the stupid, moronic, irritating voice of the century on the show.. if Whoopie and Joy were not on the show it would tank tomorrow.. it sucks so bad now... Dr. OZ has taken over the air
christinaddesign1 2 weeks ago
She died because yes, she was drinking very heavily and she was taking pills as well, yet all these Dr. Feelgoods were providing drugs for any and all stars that have the money.they don't care as long as they get paid.. She was heavily hooked on these things because she grew up that way because the lousy studios pretty much made them this way.. and we lost a great deal of people because of this behavior.. unfortunately it was too late for her.. Streisand was talking about how she did her show
christinaddesign1 2 weeks ago
Barbara really sucks now.. look at the garbage she's actually interviewing now.. I feel so bad for Judy because I read her story and she was going through such a tough time and unfortunately passed away in her early 40's I believe...She was given drugs, she and Mickey Rooney, huge stars back in the 30's and 40's ..they were given speed and tranqs because they wanted them to be UP to perform their singing and down to sleep at night .. a vicious circle.. Judies mother was no help either..
christinaddesign1 2 weeks ago
Baba Wawa is a real piece of trash to quiz a great artist like Judy Garland about such things. She needs to SU and go away, the old battleaxe.
ocnoreen 1 month ago
It's tough work being in the public eye for most. You end up hearing and reading rubbish about yourself, which leads to defending yourself, and that leads to misery and depression, followed by sleepness nights and irritation, which takes you into drink and drugs. And voila, that's fame folks!
tommyboo21 1 month ago
MGM Have a lot to answer for
MsFanmail 1 month ago
Her speaking voice sounds ragged as she had a very bad flu; she mentions this on What's My Line, taped about the same time.
inmyguts 2 months ago
In her mind, She was not an addict. She was taking "medicine" prescribed by doctors. Howver, She knew she was an alcoholic unfortunately during that era...something as simple as alcoholism could ruin your career. Therefore she could never admit. Such a shame. Poor woman.
swoklahoma 2 months ago
...again with the stupid questions. Barbara is such a ditz.
macksfischer 2 months ago
She sounds terrible.
And by that, I mean, "the sound quality of her voice". She sounds like one of those heavy smokers. :/
Kari166 3 months ago 2
And one more side note: I fucking hate Barbara Walters. Judy was a truly, classic and proper lady. At 1:00, you can see in Judy's face "I don't want to talk about my issues on camera" but Babs just pushes her. That always annoyed me so much.
millers3888 3 months ago
It's important to put her "addictions" into context. Most entertainers of her day would be considered by our standards alcoholics. Her and husband Sid Luft went to an AA meeting one day, after a while Judy said "I've had enough of this, let's go get out and get a drink!" As for the drugs, until death I don't think she considered herself an addict. But she knew she was desperately dependent on them. Looking back though, she WAS addicted, by no fault of her own, it was that damn MGM studio/LBMayer
millers3888 3 months ago
She referred to when she was young, she didn't think she was addicted or sick then. Also, I read in Mickey Dean's biography that she wasn't into drinking much. Anyway, it doesn't matter because she was just the most wonderful woman that ever lived. Such a great loss.
Gingerbreadperson1 4 months ago
Walters asks Judy about her drug use in front of her kids! Doesn't she have any class? Such a tacky 'journalist'.
windstorm1000 4 months ago 19
@windstorm1000 when you interview judy garland , after all shes been through you dont miss a chance like this, and she was doing her job, she was one of the best .
kaczerm 1 month ago
@windstorm1000 Her kids knew ALL about her drug addiction. They had first-hand knowledge of it. They were severely affected by it. Walter's question didn't faze them.
cynthiacher 2 weeks ago
what year was this?
meterman432110 4 months ago
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Wow, my heart breaks for her and the lot of actresses and actors who have been objectified by the film industry and people who don't truly know what acting, entertainment, or living out your dream really means. Judy was obvious an passionate, pure, and wonderfully heartfelt artist. We ought to stop condemning, judging, objectifying, oppressing, or it will continue to kill not only people's dreams and reputation, but also their identity, character, personalty, soul, and ultimately body.
photoboy17 5 months ago
I love her
CrazyV1de0s 5 months ago
Barbara walters needs to give it up. she's been in the limelight for more than 50 years. give us all a break!
I truely wished Judy could have survived. her emotional interpretations of songs were heartwrenching right up to the end!
Jimbo8137 6 months ago 2
Barbara walters needs to give it up. she's been in the limelight for more than 50 years. give us all a break!
Jimbo8137 6 months ago
she kinda looks like Bridgette Neilsen
rickyspirals 6 months ago
@rickyspirals
She does not look like the extremely tall and blonde danish actress.
I'm danish and have seen 'Rocky 4' and 'Beverly Hills Cop 3'
She looks nothing like Judy Garland.
helenajesstarzak 6 months ago
This interview was March, 1967 - two years before Judy Garland's death in 1969 from a drug overdose. Wow. So sad. She is 43 in this interview!! But looks like 60. Addiction is so tragic. She looks high to me. You can watch the whole interview on Hulu (better res!).
gup1138 7 months ago
Could it have been possible to find a video of shittier quality? What was used for this, Thomas Edison's original rig?
DoctorLawyerWhatever 7 months ago
Barbara Walters with her fake accent should just crawl into a cave and sit alone.
emoviebuff87 7 months ago
@emoviebuff87, ...she was born in Massachusetts. What do you mean, "fake accent"?
Kari166 6 months ago
@emoviebuff87 What's fake about it? She's a broad from Brooklyn that polished up that Flatbush accent. Her father was a wealthy landlord of Hell's Kitchen.
windstorm1000 1 month ago
I don't know what "addicted to carpets" means.
But we all know that she was addicted to pills and alcohol.
But I don't blame her for lying are trying to hide her addictions from the media...
I mean she had a tough lige and that is the last thing she needed.
helenajesstarzak 7 months ago
@helenajesstarzak No, Judy was not addicted to alcohol. This is a myth that (bizarrely) has continued even today. I disagree that "we all know" about Judy's life. We don't know everything about it - nor should we. Judy was a human being with feelings; not a commodity. I keep reading these patronizing and disrespectful (to Judy's memory) comments on youtube. Appreciate (be grateful) for the artistic legacy she left us. Quite wasted on youtube for some people with, evidently, their own hangups.
hirchik 6 months ago
@hirchik I for one could care less about Judy's addictions. I love her and am moved by her to tears... she's very special to me. BUT, even her children say she was addicted to alcohol... so it's not some myth. A person who drinks constantly during the day does technically have a drinking problem. This isn't coming from a judging POV... just a known fact that's better to accept than deny... denying her addictions now as if to "defend" her is kinda silly. you just gotta accept her for who she was.
MT4Ever 4 months ago
@MT4Ever I reiterate that it is total nonsense to say Judy was an alcoholic. How do you know she drank "constantly through the day.."? It's just too ridiculous to say that I am "denying her addictions". You're totally missing the subtlety of my point: People like you dwell on the myths surrounding Judy's 'struggles' during her lifetime. Nothing can change that now. Be grateful for the privilege of enjoying the amazing artistic legacy she left for others. Judy's an inspiration, not a victim.
hirchik 4 months ago
@MT4Ever Amen to that sister/brother
windstorm1000 1 month ago
What's the date on this?
MyTwoCentsAreFree 7 months ago
She fought for her money & wasn't gonna be backstabbed, and fought for her children, she could of easily been embarrased and not talked about it in interviews, but she clearly was robbed & was brave enough to talk about it, and that is sad how she had to do it, and still was never granted what she deserved for being so talanted until she passed away :( may she not suffer anymore and rest in peace!!
SleazzyM 8 months ago
I think what she meant to say with "addiction" was that she wasn't one of those "druggies" that cannot have a life, or a job anymore, because all they do is consume drugs. She wasn't one of those people whose lifestyles were completely ruined, yes she DID have a problem, she DID need those pills... but she DID still manage to work like a professiona and sing like no one else will ever sing again. She was addicted, but not to the point where she was useless.
gigicd86 8 months ago
She would like to tell us she has no issues with addiction while being all tweaked out (hello speed!) and slurring her speech (hello what? alcohol?). Good luck on my being gullible!
But at the same time, she never chose the druggy lifestyle for herself: it was brought on her by greedy greedy people in her entourage in her young and innoncent years, starting with her mother. She was a train wreck à la Britney (crotch shots era) or Lindsay. Plus some real talent to boot!
kailinu 9 months ago
FOR ME BARBARA WALTERS IS A BITCH!!!!!!!!!!
idk why ppl. do interviews with her she always says so many rude things to the artist she interviews.
JulieRebu07 10 months ago
Judy was absolutely a drug addict. She was a very troubled woman, but also adored her children and audience. I dont believe she meant to end her life.
vintageandi 11 months ago
@vintageandi Of course she didn't mean to... the addiction killed her. It had grown into a problem that was beyond her.
macrent2 9 months ago
As you can see by my screen name I am an avid fan. But if you notice the way her children are looking at her you can tell they don't like what their mother is saying, they look uncomfotrable, especially Lorna. They see it, well saw it every day and night, it's wrong to dig up the past here but Judy was a drug addict for sure, and it was quite sad, even though she did have her good times, there's no denying she needed help. People tried with her but the addict is the ONE who has to change =)
MissGarland18 11 months ago
crack head through and through
geewhiz76 11 months ago
@geewhiz76 I guess it takes one to know one. Thank God, Judy isnt around to see what people like you write about her. Whatever problems she had, she didn't burden her fans with them. This Legend was first and for most was a real life person with More talent than Hollywood or the Theater has, today. I am sure that decades after you are gone no one will even care who you are. AND even if you are remembered, I am sure it will be as a person who found humor in slinging mud at a dead person.
NFitalianGuy 11 months ago
@NFitalianGuy another enabler that applauds addiction denial
geewhiz76 11 months ago
@geewhiz76 that's not being an enabler, nor did he say anything to applaud it. However he was right in what he said...decades from now no one will know or care who you were, not even enough to slander your youtube videos. Your comment was ignorant. She had drug issues, which wasn't her fault.even with drug issues she does not deserve to have people like you talking trash about her. your comment made you look bad, she might have been the one with the drug issues but you have personality issues.
yutubecmnt 11 months ago
@yutubecmnt erm, actually yes it is and so are you; 'she had drug issues, which wasn't her fault' well then whose fault is it? SHE was a drug addict. She chose to abuse them. AND she was a drug addict with children, in the home, while she took drugs. Now look at her daughter and the effects its had on her.
So cmon, WHOSE fault is it? it's idiots like you that enable people who have made poor choices in life. I feel sorry for your parents.
geewhiz76 10 months ago
@geewhiz76 It was NOT her fault she became a drug addict, realizing that does not make me an enabler...she was given them at a young age to do performances and got addicted...she took them because thats what she was told to do and had to do to keep her job. Just as her daughters themselves have said it wasn't anyones fault. no one knew the consequences of the drugs back then. No one is perfect and her children turned out just fine. Dubbing her a bad person because of that is WRONG.
yutubecmnt 10 months ago 3
@geewhiz76 I think you're rude, where do you get off calling me an idiot for having an opinion? I think if anyone is an idiot here it would be you for saying you feel bad for my parents, because that makes no sense. I pity people like you who talk smack about those who have passed, especially someone of her stature. She contributed her life to entertaining us, and even had the drug downfall as a result of it, and you can't even appreciate it. Really, it's your loss. She was a wonderful woman.
yutubecmnt 10 months ago
@NFitalianGuy WONDERFULLY PUT!
yutubecmnt 11 months ago
.cont... every moment of her life was a performance and when the curtain finally closed finally EVERYONE saw her for what she was a fragile individual who's only joy was to make everyone happy with the sound of her voice...she loved entertaining that was her god given gift the VOICE of JUDY GARLAND....(and this is why I love her so much)
toemeraldcity 1 year ago 2
cont...
she knew she had an addiction but anyone would want to show the best side of themselves eventhough everyone knew differently...she struggled, she raised those kids by singing her heart out and trusting unreliable men, she did what she only knew how to do was perform..
toemeraldcity 1 year ago 2
Most likely Judy was protecting her image but she was vulnerable about who she was & wanted to put out a good image when the media had only printed and shown her in a bad light...
toemeraldcity 1 year ago
Barbara always asked ridiculous questions. Why would she ask or prod Judy into defending herself about her Medical addictions in front of her children? Especially on National TV. Also if she wanted to ask then why have the kids present? There are also many lies that were spread about Judy and that not everything written or spoken about Judy in a negative light then and now are always true. PPL still are trying to make $ on this woman who only sang to make us happy & entertained.
NFitalianGuy 1 year ago
Judy never took "drugs" because her Dr had prescribed the pills as "medication". She knew she was addicted to the "medication". "DRUGS".to her was Cocaine, Heroin etc. Nobody back then, especially on national TV, was going to admit they were addicted to anything. It was quite taboo at that time for such honesty.Judy's girls should be thanking her for their careers. Judy's name helped them to become a famous. Lorna always moans about being in Judy's shadow likes making $ off her that name.
NFitalianGuy 1 year ago
of course she denied it...you would too.
trueAUSSIEstar 1 year ago
I agree with cynthiacher
caleb6868 1 year ago
Judy was a bullshitter par excellence. Eventually she actually came to believe the lies that she told. She was in denial her entire life.
cynthiacher 1 year ago
is she drunk??
mleonard85032 1 year ago
Well She was just cool.
dodounightwish 1 year ago
I'd say the slander lawsuit would be dropped if they found her on a carpet dead from booze and pills....maybe.
cvillekeith 1 year ago
shes high, lol
AngelaCamargoIDGD 1 year ago
Does anyone notice how Lorna is staring at her in disbelief on her denial of the addiction?
secondeagle 1 year ago 2
Barbara was more into digging in Judy's troubles than interviewing a great legend and getting her to have a sincere interview that actually is helpful instead of drudging up the past the way and continuing the cycle of bringing all the rubbish back to the surface. Shame on Barbara Walters. she is truly a bad interviewer. I seen others that she did with ppl like Bette Davis asking questions that really dont need to be asked.
NFitalianGuy 1 year ago 30
@NFitalianGuy
So true - a living legend with so much to give, and Barbara is muck raking in front of her children. Barbara is responsible for the destruction of American journalism -- she was the mother of tabloid journalism and bring herself into the story -- a cardinal sin in respectable journalism. She was twisting Judy into knots for her own despicable ends -- to bring attention to "her" interview and make herself the headline. What a shame. We could have learned so much about Judy here.
torchsongsinger 1 year ago
@torchsongsinger If you do a Google Judy Garland & Barbara Walters interview u can watch it all. I never liked Barbara walters. She is too much into shocking her subject, than revealing the truth. Her interview w/Judy wasn't supposed to be an inquistion but Barbara turned it that way. Barbara even made up a lie by saying, "I read that you weren't singing Over the Rainbow anymore? Is that True" Judy'was shocked & said "Of Course not! That's the best song ever written!"
NFitalianGuy 1 year ago
@NFitalianGuy , I totally agree with you. Barbara Walters in my opinion has been quite mediocre during her entire career, extremely overpaid, boring and on top of all that she doesn't retire, she keeps on and on. Judy was one of the greatest entertainers ever, if not the greatest of them all.
PureSoapCleans 9 months ago 5
As much as I love Judy Garland, I think her outright lying about her addiction to booze and drugs in front of her kids on national tv was a disgraceful example for her children because they knew she was lying and she was victimizing them all over again. Better to have said nothing at all about it.
lunaursus 1 year ago
@lunaursus Oh fuck you. What the hell!?
Jeffluvs80s 1 year ago
It's sad to see her so ill.. Still gotta love Judy..
MusikJunkie010 1 year ago
JUDY WAS ONE OF THE WORLD BEST TALENTS!!!!! WHAT A KICK ASS VOICE !!!!!
dannys2222 1 year ago
I mean, who fucking cares about a COMPLET ARTIST's drug and booze addiction? Nowadays then? Please... There's a lot of stupid FALSE and EASY icons in the showbiz whose, today, get stoned because of any kind of dope... At least, Judy Garland, Liz Taylor, Monty Clift and Monroe, they DEEPLY were REAL ARTISTS in the very meaning of the term. "Little help" needed in order to get them high? Well, they DID WORK as anyone could imagine to do along this shitty times. RESPECT THEM: RESPECT THE TALENT!
desasmujeres 1 year ago 4
Fuck her kids, ungrateful as they were, all her fans still loved Judy and I really wish she knew that before she passed.
hebleedsglitter 1 year ago
Judy<3
beyond amazing woman.
prettyyoungthing816 1 year ago
Lorna is looking at her like "Jesus Christ!" "Lies!" (still love Judy though) XO
jamycraballen69 1 year ago 6
JUDY LOOKS GREAT HERE!!!! HOW OLD IS SHE ?
dannys2222 1 year ago
@dannys2222 What year is this? Judy was born in 1922. This looks like around 1967ish. I'd say Judy was about 45 here.
AbeNW11 1 year ago
@AbeNW11 Yes, this was in New York when she still had the kids. I can't believe she said she wasn't violent because she was toward Joe. And Lorna saw her addiction up close. They both left her soon after this.
xander7ful 1 year ago
Where's the part where Lorna sings Petula Clark and Judy joins in like YAYAYAYAH
princessjoots 1 year ago
Hopefully Barbara Walters will soon be burning in hell!
mrspatrickcampbell 1 year ago
@mrspatrickcampbell...we all hope! :))
MrKingsRow 1 year ago
Tweaking like a pill head. In full denial.
JoeyFudd 1 year ago
To be fair, Judy at the end of her life was working with a doctor in New York to try to wean herself off of the sleeping pills she took every night. She got herself down to two per night, but never quit them completely. And she still drank wine, even after her doctors told her in 1959 to quit all alcohol. She was trying to put up a good front for her kids here.
xander7ful 1 year ago
She was a honest woman, nuff said
EdTV20 1 year ago
Judy Garland was a legend, there will never be anyone like her again...and thats crap about her daughters, all of her children loved her so much, but because they were all in show business as usual people try to make a happy family a bad one!
Davidx
yofal83 1 year ago
Wow, a true addict, so much denial. Her kids do looked shocked like as if they just want to jump right in and tell the truth. I know its not easy to say no, but it does take willpower to say no. Nobody really HAS to be an addict. I was raised by two alcoholic parents who could have said no to drinking. So you wonder why some can give it up and some dont, its all in willpower and resisting the urge. We all have urges but the giving in to them leads to our downfall.
yt9451 1 year ago 2
@yt9451 Very true. Her eyes give her away. It's plain to see that she was a true addict.
sugarshula64 1 year ago
@sugarshula64 Damn in so many ways my mom looked like Judy, in the way she talked and how full of life she was when people were around but how desperately ill she was mentally when nobody was around. Its amazing how fast Judy went downhill, just like my mom. Within a 5 year span went from healthy looking to just plain sickly, and looking 20 years older than her true age.
yt9451 1 year ago 3
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EdTV20 1 year ago
Judy Garland was talented woman and that is what I remember her for.
EdTV20 1 year ago 4
Both Lorna and Liza are looking at her like "You WHAAAT?!" They saw her addictions every day and had to listen to her lying.
djbethell 1 year ago 18
@djbethell What Lorna knows est is to lie. In her book there never was a "Lottie" who took care of Judy's kids. In no other bio is there any mention of Lottie. Their was a dottie but she was her make up artist at MGM and the woman behind Judy's more sophisticated look in Meet me in St Louis when she redone her make up & her eye brows. Judy didnt think of the medications she was taking were under the umbrella of drugs. since her Drs prescribed them. She consider the illicit drugs to be drugs.
NFitalianGuy 1 year ago
@NFitalianGuy You're confusing me with someone else.
djbethell 1 year ago
@djbethell sorry about that ..
NFitalianGuy 1 year ago
@djbethell Lorna, esp., watches her like a hawk as she twists her ring nervously, and Joey's just staring at her as if he hopes she can hold it together during the interview (both of them fled to live w/ their father, permanently, several years before Judy died). Chronic drug abuse changes the chemical components in the brain, so Judy believes every word she's saying here. I think that she would have been devastated if she had ever known the truth. MGM Messed Her Up, however "innocently"..
BerlinLynn 11 months ago 4
@djbethell thats not Liza thats Judy Garlands son Joe or joey luft.
robertsafner 10 months ago 2
@robertsafner Thanks. I've leaned that since and was amazed to think it wasn't Liza as it so possibly could be; the looks, the movements, but also as I never knew Judy had a boy anf that he, Joey, even existed. Did he ever write about his experiences? I'd love to know.
djbethell 10 months ago
@robertsafner Joe Luft works as a freelnace photographer and he lives in California.
robertsafner 10 months ago
@djbethell you took the words right out my mouth, i dont even have to leave a comment, you put it all right there, Them facial expressions tell it all.lol
blavis50 9 months ago 2
@djbethell ik their expressions were priceless
shockme91 7 months ago
@djbethell Lorna and JOEY are with Judy here, not Liza. BTW what right have you got to say that she is lying here, anyway? Judy suffered enough in her life, and she does not deserve to have further imbecile comments made about her by armchair critics on youtube or anywhere else. She deserves, at least, respect IMO.
hirchik 6 months ago
@hirchik I guess you need to read the comments in order. Can you do that?
As for "imbecile comments" how is the truth imbecilic? And as for "armchair critics", well, I guess you were looking right into the mirror when you wrote that! And that is MO.
djbethell 6 months ago
how dare you post such evil and angry comments.
one of the bravest and most talented women in the business.
insane? you should have half of this woman's intelligence.
sglynch 1 year ago
@sglynch Judy indeed was extremely intelligent - she wasn't given a proper formal education - but she possessed common sense and emotional intelligence in abundance. She was also way ahead of her time: Such people are hardly ever tolerated for their foresight and individuality.
hirchik 1 year ago 4
If you can get past Denial, there is a chance to overcome the addiction.. this is unfortunate
Glissenz 1 year ago 2
Her voice is hard to listen to. It's like an old garbage disposal grinding pebbles together.
taosimplicity 1 year ago
@taosimplicity That voice of hers is the sound of an alcoholic. Sounded just like my mom. They get a really raspy voice, almost like they have a sore throat all the time.
yt9451 1 year ago 2
@yt9451 Sounds more like a chain smoker or maybe both.
1203kitkat 1 year ago
@1203kitkat Yeah you are probably right. My mom smoked and drank like a train and sounded just like Judy.
yt9451 1 year ago
@yt9451 It might be the sound of an alcoholic, but also the sound of a smoker. But also, in 1964, Judy had a tracheotomy in Hong Kong after an overdose, which left her voice about an octave lower than normal.
xander7ful 1 year ago
@xander7ful Yes that is true. Likely from both smoke and booze.
yt9451 1 year ago
NF Italian Guy I am so on your side. Judy Garland was exploited by MGM and she was seen as the revenue generator. If hadnt been for those drugs and the renewal of her contract with MGM, she would have had a longer life expectancy...
People should criticize the movie industry rather than the individual
heifetz87 1 year ago 4
it sounds like she have been smoking a lot
krollaostmedburger 1 year ago
i'm okay with loony tunes judy garland, she's old now what do u expect
Masshiroi 1 year ago
@Masshiroi Uhmm! Sorry to state this but Judy is not so much old these days as dead.
She died 22 June 1969.
It surely is testement to her wonderful talents that 40 years after her demise she is still spoken about and her music and films are still selling to multi-millions of fans worldwide.
gustavia001 1 year ago 2
@gustavia001 Absolutely spot on - Judy seems to invoke in people strong reactions even today. She is condemned, blamed, ridiculed, accused, you name it. I think there must be some unconscious elements at play in those who cannot tolerate their own personal struggles, finding it easier to pick apart those who cannot defend themselves.
hirchik 1 year ago
@hirchik She never did anyone harm? I come from 2 alcoholic parenents who could have said no to alcoholc if they had only took their eyes off themelves and put their eyes on their children. Sure its not easy, I realize that. But the fact is that we all have choices and that its ok to blame others for your shortcomings when you are a kid but once you become an adult you HAVE to start taking responsibility for your own actions. Judy ruined her family, nobody else. Sorry for being insensitive.
yt9451 1 year ago
cukoo for cocoa puffs
shiningfork 1 year ago
I think that Judy really believed she was not addicted yet she was clearly a drug addict (everyone who knew her and her autopsy proved it). Unfortunatly, she was the last to see it!
macrent2 1 year ago
@macrent2 Judy was addicted to prescription medication OF COURSE she knew it; but before she could do anything about it she knew all too well that it was too late. She knew also that she was a meal ticket, someone whose earnings had been fraudulently embezzled by her managers. She had been cruelly exploited. She had to continue working to pay off debts she was not responsible for. Give this woman her dignity in death; she never did anyone any harm.
hirchik 1 year ago
Mitt Will be the Next PresiDent of the U S A.......
FireYourJOB 1 year ago
She's obviously certifiably insane at this point. Amphetamine psychosis with alcohol and barbituate poisoning creeping in.
unclealand 1 year ago
what year is this from?
56thAlbanyProd 1 year ago
You are looking at the greatest entertainer of the 20th century. Imagine how she would have looked if she took good care of herself. The thing that hurts me the most is look into Joey's eyes. That boy really loved his mommy, Judy Garland
calvinmurray 1 year ago 3
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She was a druggie nutbag hateful victim. If she had gotten some balls and cleaned up her act, she might have seen 70.
MichaelinNewEngand 1 year ago
dammm....elvis and judy acted the same way at the end...you can see the damage drugs had done
MrWaynejohn 1 year ago
Her eyes give her away...the eyes don't lie.
americangalbasseyfan 2 years ago 2
Judy was the best.
richierichnumber1 2 years ago 3
This is when she was at her worst. Lorna said in her book, that her mother kept her and her brother Joe up all night and she eventually wound up running off the children. She threw a KNIFE at Joe and Lorna had a nervous breakdown.
Sheri451 2 years ago
@Sheri451 True, the knife-throwing incident was a real eye-opener in Lorna's book, and nobody every would have known about it had Lorna not spilled the beans. Oddly, if anyone else spoke or wrote of Judy's addiction and/or outrageous behavior, Lorna would denounce them. Well, as Barbara Walters would say... twagic!
defundthewar 1 year ago
I still love Judy even though she had problems and didn't make all the right decisions she was a great entertainer....No one is perfect and every body makes bad decisions. No one knows her, and when I say knows her I don't mean nows about her or reads books or what the t.v. say. I mean knows her so people who have mean things to say unless you were a close friend of hers and hung out with her every day just shut up......
sfassnacht0607 2 years ago
She has convinced me that she has never touched drugs/alcohol.
dearyogini 2 years ago 2
Judy was a nutbag, that is obvious.
MichaelinNewEngand 2 years ago
I hope that when you have a big problem in your life instead of people thinking with compassion to help you they will just look at you and say your a nut bag. You are just rude why even say anything if you don't have anything nice to say. It was hard for her when everyone expected so much out of her.
sfassnacht0607 2 years ago
@MichaelinNewEngand And you are a bag of nuts so you're even!
madebutante 2 years ago 3
I am totally sane, dammit!
MichaelinNewEngand 1 year ago
You have no patience for self ind...etc Who asked you to have patience? Who even asked you to care? Just because you are a recovering ADDICT, that does not make you an authority on addictive personality disorder. Ask yourself how many excuses you have used in your lifetime. Don't tell me, I am not interested. smh
missVeemack 2 years ago 2
Is she supposed to go on live TV especially with her two kids there and decalre "Yes I AM AN ADDICT!" For Chr*st sake, Give this woman a break and she says it in this interview The only infraction she is guilty of is singing Over the rainbow and should be given nothing but a traffic ticket. No one here is perfect and this perpetual witch hunt to drag this woman who has been dead over 40 yrs, body through the mud. Let her body of work speak for itself. Who are we to Judge her or anyone?
NFitalianGuy 2 years ago
sounds like she was not honest with herself about being an addict. she seemed high in the clip. i love her. even when she lies, she is adorable.
LaOdessa 2 years ago 2
MGM drugged a lot of it's young stars back in the day. I dont think back then they realized those uppers and downers were dangerous, addicting drugs.
MiamiPush2theLimit 2 years ago
MGM didn't drug anybody. People like Judy liked and took the pills of teir own volition. There's so much crap involved regarding the "Poor Judy" legend. The fact of the matter is that she was a troubled woman, and a self-indulgent diva who threw away a once-in-a-generation talent.
edwardjames50 2 years ago
@edwardjames50 Judy got to MGM when she was a little girl. She was not responsible for herself at that point. Her parents and MGM were and they got her hooked on drugs. Other MGM teens and kids got put on uppers and downers, but Judy unfortunately had an addictive personality so she got hooked.
MiamiPush2theLimit 2 years ago
Medically and psychologically, there is no such thing as an "addictive personality." That phrase has entered into urban legend. It's used by people as an excuse, but as a reason it has no validity.
edwardjames50 2 years ago
@edwardjames50 some people do have a tendency toward addictive behaviors (eating disorders, OCD, etc). That's just the way it is. And some people can do drugs and not become physically or psychologically addicted to them, while others get high once and they chase that high forever. You'd know this if you've ever been around an addict or been within a group of people who did drugs.
MiamiPush2theLimit 2 years ago
I do know about it because I've been in recovery for eighteen years, and I know what I'm talking about. Again, there is NO such thing as an addictive personality. That's a made-up phrase that's used as an excuse.
edwardjames50 2 years ago
I agree.
MichaelinNewEngand 1 year ago
well said, edwardjames50 doesnt know what the fuck hes on about.
YeahhhMatee 2 years ago 2
@edwardjames50 I'd hardly say she threw it away
gabsylv 2 years ago
The daughter is looking at Judy like: "Are you fucking shittin' me!?"
TickleMehNancy 2 years ago 6
Judy had an amazing talent and if for some reason she hadn't been chosen for the role of Dorothy, that would never have been my favorite movie. She will forever be one of my role models. She is stunningly beautiful and has an amazing voice. Why do you think she is still so famous and wel known today? I say she will forever be one of the most talented and beautiful woman around. Rip Judy Garland. You are beautiful.
Rcdily4ever 2 years ago 2
She looks disturbingly like Michael Jackson in this clip...
maloysius 2 years ago
@maloysius they both had drug addiction problems
gooffbball 2 years ago
Heartbreaking. The look on Lorna's face says it all.
alixr 2 years ago 5
Indeed - Lorna has a look of incredulity. Judy has the demeanor of being drug and alcohol soaked ... and yes it's a tragedy to see anyone's life disintegrate in this manner.
Volvo745T 2 years ago
What is she talking about? "Over the Rainbow" made her famous. :(
BooJeanIsIt 2 years ago 3
@BooJeanIsIt Yes, but because of her fame she died. She was so famous that, even though MGM promised months of break time for her, they took her back within weeks and drugged her as they always had.
Jostynnn 2 years ago
I love judy garland, she was an amazing woman, i can't wait to meet her when I die. there will never be any one like judy garland.
transbadboy 2 years ago
This reminds me of Clinton (who I otherwise love) saying "I never had sex with that woman!" LMAO!!!!! Judy was only victimized by Judy.
edwardjames50 2 years ago
She was addicted by MGM when she was just a child, and lived in a time where there was no real rehab program to clean up these addictions. It's not like this is a star of today.
UCKABAH 2 years ago
She wasn't "addicted" by M-G-M; she was a victim of herself. As a Metro coworker once said, "The pills were available to EVERYBODY, but Judy LIKED them." I have no patience for self-indulgent people who waste a God-given talnet as she did. And, btw, there WERE rehab centers then, and she went more than once. Obviously you don't know much about Judy and her self-induced problems.
edwardjames50 2 years ago
@edwardjames50 --she obviously didn;t hate pills, probably felt that she needed them, and they must have helped her get through alot. But at some point you get addicted and it perhaps would have taken a stronger person to defeat the addiction, than she was. Both sides are sorta right.
gabsylv 2 years ago 2
I love Judy Garland no matter what.
PopCulture1980 2 years ago 26
ME TOO!!!!! lover her love her lover her
daymude63 2 years ago
@PopCulture1980...me too. :))
MrKingsRow 1 year ago
i'm so tired of people, to this day, calling Judy an addict. she wasn't a druggie. she may have been on meds but they were prescribed. now who was feeding her this junk are to blame and it started with her mother & Louie B Mayer. what everyone should be asking is where were all the scumbags that profited off of her when she needed them. no where to be found. thank god begelman blew his brains out. it was his karma just like all the other scum and to their children i say.
up2space 2 years ago 7
She wrenched out so much emotion in her performances. There is a reason why they described a judy Garland Performance as "an experience". Give this Wonderful woman some credit. She was used and abused my almost everyone in her life including her two daughters. Liza toward the end would never take her mother's phone calls and Peter Allen would screen Liza's calls. She was battling for her life since 30 months of age. I am so tired of people Blaming this Woman when all she wanted 2 be was LOVED
NFitalianGuy 2 years ago 45
@NFitalianGuy Yeah, but I suspect she also confused real love with the love of a crowd. She was too young to have discovered the difference: she was pushed into MGM when she was only 12. She never learned to disassociate herself from her talent.
shadowkitty56 1 year ago
@shadowkitty56 Yes I agree but she loved the adoration and she said it was lonely at the top in an interview and surrounded by people who are only out for themselves and didnt really care about her. I mean her own mother used her as a meal ticket & the only person who really showed love to her was her father and her mother and MGM kept her from going to her father's bedside before her father died because she had to honor her committment to the studio for a radio spot. She resented them for that
NFitalianGuy 1 year ago
@NFitalianGuy ; so well put, sir. Judy was used all her life.
kirbygene 1 year ago
@kirbygene Yes, she was used by many, who only seen her as a meal ticket. Judy had every right to be mad & bitter. 45 out of her 47 years on this planet, she was pushed to work in an industry where beauty reigned supreme. Her Mother started the insecurities & once Judy's father died, Ethel handed Judy to MGM on a silver platter;There they worked her over.Judy was MGM's biggest star & became a Living Legend & ppl still used her. She knew she was a great talent but she envied stars like LanaTurner
NFitalianGuy 1 year ago